Jackie, a 1-year-old Huskie doodle, is the center of attention in the Smith household. Family members said Jackie was a happy, energetic dog until a rattle snake bit her on the nose and the side of her face.

"It was really stressful for all of us because we didn’t know if she was going to make it or not," said dog owner Jake Smith.

Smith said they took her to the Veterinary Emergency Clinic of Central Florida in Leesburg for emergency treatment, and Jackie was given antivenin.

"(The veterinarians) told me she wasn’t going to make it, and they (gave her) 40 percent chance to live. We were devastated. We love her," Smith said.

The Smiths were then told to go to the University of Florida's Small Animal Hospital in Gainesville, where they found Dr. Alessio Vigani.

"(Vigani) said, 'Let's try the hyperbaric chamber new treatment.' (It) worked so good and she didn’t have to have surgery," said dog owner Jan Smith.

The hospital said Jackie was its first patient in the hyperbaric chamber, a tube-shaped container where the dog received highly pressurized, 100 percent oxygen that was delivered to dying tissue.

"They were incredible. (They) saved her, and she went six vials of antivenin, blood transfusion and the new hyperbaric chamber, which was awesome," Jan Smith said.

Jan Smith said she's thankful for the state-of-the-art facility in Gainesville that made Jackie her family's miracle dog.

"We just feel so blessed. We love her so much. (She's) so special and she's a wonderful dog," Jan Smith said.